TRAINING SETTING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND GROUPING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CONTAINING COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR

• US 20080028916A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Shimizu, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,858,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/477R
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/00 Teaching music metronomes G04F5/02

Abstract

An apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable medium provides control for displaying, on a display device, a classroom screen with symbolic images representative of a plurality of slave instruments connected to a master instrument in accordance with actual positional relationship between the slave instruments in the classroom, or by different locations thereof. Any one of the symbolic images displayed on the display device can be selected and moved to a desired position from the original position. A moved position of the moved symbolic image is determined. If the determined moved position is a position corresponding to another of symbolic images, the group identification, which can be stored in a storage, of the slave instrument corresponding to the moved symbolic image is changed to the group identification corresponding to the slave instrument associated with the symbolic image located at the moved position. The display is automatically changed so that the moved symbolic image returns from the moved position to the original position.

Claims

1. A training setting apparatus for grouping a plurality of slave instruments each assignable to a user, the training setting apparatus comprising:

a display device;

a connection section that connects to the slave instruments;

a storage section that stores group information associated with the slave instruments;

a display control section that displays, on the display device, a screen having an image representing at least each of the slave instruments connected to the connection section;

an operation section that selects and moves at least one of the images representing the slave instruments displayed on the display device from an original positioned to a desired position;

a determination section that determines a moved position of the selected image;

an updating section that changes the group information stored in the storage section when the determined moved position corresponds to a position of another of the images representing the slave instruments; and

a control section that returns the moved image from the moved position to the original position,

wherein the group information includes a group identification assigned to each of the connected slave instruments, and

wherein the updating section changes the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the moved image to the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the another image.

2. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slave instruments are located in a classroom, and wherein the display control section displays, on the display device, the screen of the classroom with the image representing all of the slave instruments in an actual positional relationship between the slave instruments in the classroom.

3. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slave instruments are located at different locations and connectable to the master instrument via the Internet, and wherein the display control section displays, on the display device, the screen with the images representing all of the slave instruments as a classroom.

4. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation section assigns a group identification to each of the slave instruments.

5. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control section further displays the group information of each of the slave instruments displayed on the display device.

6. The training setting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the displayed group information includes the group identification along with the corresponding image of each of the slave instruments.

7. The training setting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the displayed group information corresponding to of each of the slave instruments includes a drawing pattern specific to the group to which the slave instrument is assigned.

8. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation section includes a mouse operator, and wherein any one of the images representing the slave instruments is selectable in response to a click operation of the mouse operator, and the selected image is movable to a desired position in response to drag and drop operation of the mouse operator.

9. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the moved position determined by the determination section is in a region outside a predetermined frame set on a screen of the display device, the updating section changes the group information, stored in the storage section, of the slave instrument corresponding to the moved image to the group information indicative of an unassigned group.

10. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection section detects whether any of the connected slave instruments is turned on.

11. The training setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slave instruments each are an electronic music instrument.

12. A training setting system comprising:

a plurality of slave instruments each assignable to a user; and

a master instrument apparatus comprising;

a display device;

a connection section that connect to the slave instruments;

a storage section that stores group information associated with the slave instruments;

a display control section that displays, on the display device, a screen having an image representing at least each of the slave instruments connected to the connection section;

an operation section that selects and moves at least one of the images representing the slave instruments displayed on the display device from an original positioned to a desired position;

a determination section that determines a moved position of the selected image;

an updating section that changes the group information stored in the storage section when the determined moved position corresponds to a position of another of the images representing the slave instruments; and

a control section that returns the moved image from the moved position to the original position,

wherein the group information includes a group identification assigned to each of the connected slave instruments, and

wherein the updating section changes the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the moved image to the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the another image.

13. The training setting system according to claim 12, wherein the slave instruments are located in a classroom, and wherein the display control section displays, on the display device, the screen of the classroom with images representing all of the slave instruments in an actual positional relationship between the slave instruments in the classroom.

14. The training setting system according to claim 12, wherein the slave instruments are located at different locations and connectable to the master instrument via the Internet, and wherein the display control section displays, on the display device, the screen with the images representing all of the slave instruments as a classroom.

15. The training setting system according to claim 12, wherein the connection section detects whether any of the connected slave instruments is turned on.

16. The training setting system according to claim 12, wherein the slave instruments each are an electronic music instrument.

17. A method of grouping a plurality of slave instrument each assignable to a user, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a master instrument;

connecting the master instrument to the slave instruments via a communication network and checking whether each of the connected slave instruments is turned on;

storing in a storage section, group information associated with the slave instruments;

displaying, on a display device, a screen having an image representing at least each of the slave instruments that is turned on;

selecting and moving at least one of the images representing the slave instruments displayed on the display device from an original position to a desired position;

determining a moved position of the moved image;

changing the group information when the determined moved position corresponds to a position of another of the images representing the slave instruments; and

returning the moved image from the moved position to the original position,

wherein the group information includes a group identification assigned to each of the connected slave instruments, and

wherein the changing step changes the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the moved image to the group information assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the another image.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein at least two of the slave instruments are assignable to have a same group identification.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the slave instruments are located in a classroom, and wherein the displaying step displays, on the display device, the screen of the classroom with the images representing all of the slave instruments, with an actual positional relationship between the slave instruments in the classroom.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the slave instruments are located at different locations and connectable to the master instrument via the Internet, and wherein the displaying step displays, on the display device, the screen with the images representing all of the slave instruments as a classroom.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein the slave instruments each are an electronic music instrument.

22. A computer-readable medium containing a computer program for a master instrument for grouping a plurality of slave instruments each assignable to a user, the computer program including instructions for:

connecting the master instrument to the slave instruments via a communication network and checking whether any of the connected slave instruments is turned on;

storing in a storage section, group information associated with the slave instruments;

displaying, on a display device, a screen having an image representative of at least each of the slave instruments that is turned on;

selecting at least one of the images of the slave instruments displayed on the display device and moving the selected image from an original position to a desired position;

determining a moved position of the moved image;

changing the group information when the determined moved position corresponds to a position of another of the images representing the slave instruments; and

returning the moved image from the moved position to the original position,

wherein the group information includes a group identification assigned to each of the connected slave instruments, and

wherein the changing instruction changes the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the moved image to the group identification assigned to the slave instrument corresponding to the another image.

23. The computer-readable medium according to claim 22, wherein at least two of the slave instruments are assignable to have a same group identification.

24. The computer-readable medium according to claim 22, wherein the slave instruments are located in a classroom, and wherein the displaying instruction displays, on the display device, the screen of the classroom with images representing the images representing all of the slave instruments, with an actual positional relationship between the slave instruments in the classroom.

25. The computer-readable medium according to claim 22, wherein the slave instruments are located at different locations and connected to the master instrument via the Internet, and wherein the displaying instruction displays, on the display device, the screen with the images representing all of the slave instruments as a classroom.

26. The computer-readable medium according to claim 22, wherein the slave instruments each are an electronic music instrument.